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The Pink ShopMadame Coralie was a magician. Emulating the dark-browed Medea, she restored the aged to their pristine youth; but her methods were more painless and less thorough than those of the lady from Colchis. That enchantress chopped up the senile who sought her...

Treasure of the Seas - IllustratedThe aged Schooner.The Ancient Mariner.The Waste of Waters.Perplexity.Solomon and the Saw-dust Soup.The decrepit Compass.The baffled, Navigator.The despondent Boys.A sudden Squall.The Sails come to Grief.Captain Corbet to the Rescue.No Use! Too far gone!The Antelope at the Mercy of the Winds...

Picked up Adrift - Illustrated A new Acquaintance,The Islands of the Sea,Making Friends,The Natives,A Festival,Efforts at Conversation in an unknown Tongue,Corbets Baby Talk,Experiments of Bart and Tim,Pat comes to Grief.Overthrow of the French,Arrival of the Skipper on the Scene,He means Business. The third Day.A...

Fire in the Woods - Illustrated The Island in the Falls.A Discovery of a startling Kind.The sullen Boar.A mad Risk.The Struggle for Life.On the Verge of Ruin.A last Effort.Over the Falls.Ingulfed and drawn down by the Vortex.Where is Pat! The Loss of Phil.Deep Gloom...

The Purple FernThe train to Crumel was late. Due at four o'clock, it failed to reach its destination, until ten minutes past the hour. This was not the fault of the branch-line authorities. The London express had been behind time at Werry Junction, whereby...

The Boys of Grand Pré School - Illustrated The Wonders of the upper Air.Mr. Long calls upon the Boys for Help.All Hands at hard Labor.Captain Corbet on a Fence.The Antelope comes to Grief.Captain Corbet in the Grasp of the Law. Mr. Long to the...

The "B. O. W. C.": A Book For Boys - Illustrated Exploring.A wild Walk.On the Lookout for Prey.What is it?Is it a wild Goose?Tremendous Sensation, the Explorers being as much astounded as Robinson Crusoe was when he discovered the human Footprints in the Sand....

The Amethyst CrossTHE blackbird knew. He had paired for the fifth time in as many years, and esteemed himself wise in the matters, of love. Therefore, from the budding chestnut wherein his nest was built, did he sympathetically watch the bachelor and maid who...

The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet - How Alec Cunningham Won His Way to the Top in the Oyster BusinessThis book is dedicatedto the late DR. JULIUS NELSON,sometime biologist for New Jersey,and to DR. THURLOW C. NELSON,his son and successor, who have done...

PoemsThanks are due to The New York Observer, The Churchman, Zion's Herald, Christian Register, The Standard, Outing, Boston Transcript, Portland Transcript, The New England Home Magazine, and others, for permission to re-print poems of mine that have appeared in their columns. CORA C. BASS....

The Bath Comedy Dedicated to our Sister Mrs. Francis Blundell of Crosby ("M. E. Francis") who, over the MS. of this frivolous drama, was the first to give us the kindly criticism of laughter The precise year, however, may not be given. A sufficient...

Conrad in Quest of His Youth: An Extravagance of Temperament "How we laughed as we laboured together! How well I remember, to-day, Our 'outings' in midsummer weather, Our winter delights at the play! We were not over-nice in our dinners; Our 'rooms' were up...

Hajamietteitä kapinaviikoilta 1/3 - Ensimmäinen ja toinen viikkoMaanantaina 28 p:n tammikuuta. Vaikutelmia kadulta. Oikeutta ei voida jakaa. Senaatti turvassa. Lakkojulistus. Raskas taival. Lopun loppu. Isketty iskee. Eduskunta ei kokoonnu. Huhuja. Telefoonisensuuriko? "Tymies" vain. Kaduilla ammutaan. Ei tst mitn tule. Sosialismin hvi. Tmn tytyy ptty...

Rooman keisareita marmorihahmossaJos nousette Kapitoliumille nhdksenne Julius Cesarin ja miss hnet kohtaisi, ellei siell? niin lk odottako saavanne katsella Sullan "huolettomasti vytetty poikaa", jonka olento on hillitn, eleet houkuttelevat, tukka kihara, silmt mustat ja vilkkaat ja jsenet kauniisti pyristyneet ja solakat! Se Cesar, Afroditen...

Oat Meal: The War WinnerAt the present time when every one is being urged to bend every energy toward the conservation of food supplies, it is surprising to me that so little has been written in behalf of the extraordinary value of oatmeal as...

Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn SheafAs I turn over the pages of this my first book, and mark here and there a name which use has made familiar, I feel the more, that, but for your sympathy and encouragement, much would still remain unwritten....

Backwater: Pilgrimage, Volume 2 A swarthy turbaned face shone at Miriam from a tapestry screen standing between her and the ferns rising from a basket framework in the bow of the window. Consulting it at intervals as the afternoon wore on, she found that...

Historical record of the Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Fusiliers - Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness,...

I. Origen de los indios de América. II. Origen y civilizaciones de los indígenas del Perú.Antes de entrar en materia sobre la antropogenia del Hombre, es oportuno formarse una idea de las causas creadoras productoras del Universo, para lo cual precisa exponer algunas hiptesis...

Following the Sun-Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through ManchuriaAfter a long still-hunt in Tokio, and a long pursuit through Manchuria, following that Sun-Flag of Japan, I gave up the chase at Liao-Yang. Not being a military expert, my purpose was simply to see under that...